Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James

I read this April 2012
It is the June choice for Waterstones, Arc, Bury St Edmunds Book club.
This was my choice  -  said at the time getting your book chosen can be a poison chalice as you get embarassed if people don't like it - I apologise now!
I chose this because it was talked about on Womens Hour the day before book club and I thought it would be good.
I will state now I am no prude; it's not the sexual content that bothers me - although it reads more like google research than knowledge to me...
I have some problems with this book, first off it's way too long 500+ pages and no real story content. A virgin 22 year old student meets a - of course- fit handsome, gorgeous- young billionaire who's into BDSM - nothing against that but did he have to be a billionaire did he have to be heart stoppingly gorgoeus did she really have to be a virgin - Frankly it's all too Mills and Boon for me - shocking use/misuse of power experience versus innocence. It's also party of a trilogy but leaves the story hanging, most series of books can be read as an entity.

I reserve my score on this one.

Helen